Carbon dioxide
二氧化碳
Liquefied or gaseous compressed cargo. Beverage, food-freezing, and inert-blanketing demand drives most trade. Specialty uses include enhanced oil recovery and supercritical CO2 extraction. China-export limited because domestic capacity dwarfs global demand.
Identifiers
- Synonyms
- CO2, Carbonic anhydride, Dry ice (solid)
- Formula
- CO2
- Molecular weight
- 44.009 g/mol
- SMILES
- O=C=O
- InChIKey
- CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- HS code (6-digit)
- 281121
Regulatory profile across 5 jurisdictions
Verified against ECHA, US EPA TSCA Inventory, MEE China IECSC, NIER K-REACH, and AICIS AIIC. Last verification 2026-04-30. Confirm with the regulator portal before any shipping decision.
- EU REACH
- Listed
- US TSCA
- Listed
- China IECSC
- Listed
- Korea K-REACH
- Listed
- Australia AICIS
- Listed
Look up other substances at the REACH / TSCA cross-jurisdiction checker.
Common applications
- · Beverage carbonation
- · Food freezing (dry ice)
- · Welding shield gas
- · Enhanced oil recovery
- · Supercritical solvent extraction
Sourcing documentation chain
Every shipment of Carbon dioxide from China should include a per-batch COA, a current SDS per GB/T 17519 on the China side and the destination jurisdiction's standard on the import side, a packing list, a bill of lading, and a certificate of origin plus an MSA China DG packing certificate. For Incoterms reference see FOB, CIF, and CFR.
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Where this substance shows up across Sourzi
Regulatory
REACH compliance profile
European Union listing status and importer obligations for Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Regulatory
TSCA compliance profile
United States of America listing status and importer obligations for Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Regulatory
IECSC compliance profile
People's Republic of China listing status and importer obligations for Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Regulatory
AICIS compliance profile
Australia listing status and importer obligations for Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Referenced in
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This term shows up in 5 regulatory pages. Sample backlinks per content type below.
Regulatory (5)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) under REACH
European Union compliance profile for Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Carbon dioxide (CO2) under TSCA
United States of America compliance profile for Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Carbon dioxide (CO2) under IECSC
People's Republic of China compliance profile for Carbon dioxide (CO2).
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